Chapter 492 The Grand Finale
With no more pleas for mercy in her ears, Liu Yanyan, feeling utterly bored, threw down her whip and ordered her men to drag Yuping away.
The palace maids and eunuchs guarding the door were terrified. They knew Consort Liu looked harmless, but they had seen her hideous side. They were afraid that one day she would be beaten half to death like Yu Ping.
Unbeknownst to Consort Liu, her volatile temper caused the loyal Yu Ping to begin hating her, pushing Yu Ping towards Lin Xingman.
A month later, Lin Xingman finally finished her postpartum confinement.
"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! The First Prince, he... he..." The palace maid guarding Xiao Yize rushed over to report in a panic.
"What?" Lin Xingman, who had just finished washing up, was so frightened when she heard that something had happened to her child that she ran to the side hall without even putting on her shoes.
In the side hall, all the palace maids and eunuchs knelt on the ground in fear, awaiting Lin Xingman's punishment.
"Ze'er, Ze'er..." Lin Xingman saw her son's lips were dark purple, his eyes were closed, and he looked lifeless.
She was so frightened that she lost her composure and could only hug Xiao Yize and wail.
"What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and fetch the imperial physician and the emperor..." As experienced as she was, Granny Yun's heart skipped a beat when she saw this situation, and she quickly shouted at the kneeling person.
"Granny, we have already sent someone to invite them..." The palace maid who was guarding Xiao Yize was pale at this moment, which showed that she was also very frightened by Xiao Yize's accident, but she still tried to answer calmly.
"His Majesty has arrived!" Just as everyone was anxiously waiting, Eunuch Fu announced from inside the door.
"Your Majesty..." When Lin Xingman saw Xiao Jingchen arrive, she seemed to have found her pillar of support. She hugged Xiao Yize and knelt down in front of Xiao Jingchen, pleading bitterly.
That scene was truly heartbreaking.
"Someone, the imperial physician, where is the imperial physician..." Xiao Jingchen saw his son lying motionless in his swaddling clothes. His mind went blank, and he even forgot how to breathe.
His son was smiling at him this morning, how could he have turned out like this in such a short time?
Seeing his son's lips turn purple, he was heartbroken, but he also knew that something was amiss.
"Guards, drag these people away and keep them under strict guard..." If this matter isn't thoroughly investigated today, he's no longer the Xiao family.
"Your Majesty, spare our lives!" The palace maids and eunuchs kneeling on the ground were terrified, but they also knew that if the little prince could not be saved, their lives would certainly be in danger.
"Hey, what are you all doing?" As soon as Liu Yanyan heard that Lin Xingman's son was in critical condition, she immediately came over to see what was going on.
"Your Majesty, the imperial physician has arrived!" Liu Yanyan entered, followed by the imperial physician.
Xiao Jingchen narrowed his eyes as he looked at the imperial physician who had entered with Liu Yanyan, and coldly ordered, "Guards, seize this Imperial Physician Zhang..."
The way those two looked at them when they came in—he wouldn't believe it for a second if he were beaten to death.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, spare my life!" Even now, Physician Zhang still couldn't figure out where he had slipped up, and he was still shamelessly begging for mercy.
"If you keep arguing, I'll just kill you!"
"Your Majesty, let me take a look..." The head of the Imperial Hospital, sweating profusely, rushed in after learning that the young prince was in trouble.
"Judge Yang, please take a look at my son..." At this moment, Lin Xingman could no longer care about anything else. She hugged Xiao Yize and knelt down in front of the Imperial Physician.
When Judge Yang saw Lin Xingman giving him such a grand bow, he was so frightened that he quickly hid to the side to avoid her.
He stepped forward, glanced at the prince in Lin Xingman's arms, and gasped.
"This is clearly poisoning." When Physician Yang saw that Xiao Yize was poisoned, he immediately disregarded all etiquette, took Xiao Yize from Lin Xingman's arms, and carefully took Xiao Yize's pulse.
"Your Majesty, this poison is too potent, there is no cure..." Imperial Physician Yang regretted his actions. He should have found an excuse to hide, but instead he ran right into it.
Upon hearing that there was no solution, Lin Xingman collapsed to the ground, tears streaming down her face, completely at a loss for what to do.
"Useless idiots, all of you useless idiots! You can't even cure this little bit of poison, what use are you?" Xiao Jingchen heard Physician Yang's words and took several steps back in disbelief, shouting helplessly at the imperial physician.
"Your Majesty, perhaps there is someone who can solve this..."
Yang Yuanpan understood Xiao Jingchen's feelings. It would be such a pity if such a cute little prince were to die young. Suddenly, a name flashed through his mind.
"Who?" Xiao Jingchen, blinded by worry and completely irrational, looked at Judge Yang with hopeful eyes upon hearing his words.
Princess Changping!
"Although Princess Changping was trained by my father, her medical skills are superb, even better than my father's..." This is something that Physician Yang could tell from the ointments that Lin Luoxi developed.
"Yes, Luo Xi must have a way to save our son."
Upon hearing what Imperial Physician Yang said, Xiao Jingchen finally remembered Lin Luoxi and the many life-saving pills she had given him.
He turned around, ran back to his bedroom, took the pills, and ran back again.
Her movements were fluid and without hesitation; she directly stuffed the pill into her son's mouth.
Although everyone wanted to ask Xiao Jingchen what kind of pills he had given her, they didn't dare. They could only stare intently at the baby in Yang Yuanpan's arms.
"There's a response." Yang Yuanpan finally breathed a sigh of relief as he saw the baby in his arms gradually recover his complexion.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Judge Yang's words; their lives were saved.
"There are still residual toxins in this child's body; we still need to go see Princess Changping," was the conclusion reached by Imperial Physician Yang after taking the young prince's pulse.
"Okay, let's set off now!"
Upon hearing that Lin Luoxi had a chance to save her son, Lin Xingman disregarded everything and snatched the son from Yang Yuanpan's arms, rushing outside.
"Your Highness, wait for me..." Since she was going back to find the young lady, how could she possibly miss her? Granny A-Yun quickly caught up with her.
"Your Majesty, to prevent the young prince from becoming unwell on the journey, I should go along." Imperial Physician Yang was very clever and immediately knelt down when he had the chance.
Xiao Jingchen was also worried about his son's condition and had other matters to attend to, so he couldn't go with them. He could only ask Judge Yang to go to Quanzhou with Lin Xingman.
Finally, Judge Yang, having accomplished his mission, happily caught up with Lin Xingman, and they headed towards the outside of the palace.
He finally got a chance to meet his father's prized disciple. He was determined to stay in Quanzhou and learn some medical skills from Princess Changping.
The important person has left; next is the interrogation session that Xiao Jingchen will have conducted.
Liu Yanyan was implicated, and the person who accused her was none other than Yu Ping, whom she had beaten half to death.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xiao Jingchen used Liu Yanyan as bait to...
The End.
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